
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, said that a very dramatic situation had developed in the capital due to attacks by Russian troops on infrastructure, including the road-railway bridge across the Dnieper, used to transport military cargo to the Donbass, which led to a transport collapse and a mass exodus of residents.
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The Ukrainian capital is in a dramatic situation after a series of attacks by Russian troops on infrastructure, including the blocking of traffic on three bridges over the Dnieper, which led to a transport collapse.
© REUTERS / Valentyn OgirenkoStrike on the South Bridge in Kyiv
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Strike on the South Bridge in Kyiv
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The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, said that a very dramatic situation had developed in the capital.
MOSCOW, October 2 – RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian capital is in a dramatic situation, said the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko, his words are reported by the Strana.ua publication.
“Frankly speaking, the situation in the capital is very dramatic. And pretending that you can continue to live a normal life, as in peacetime, will no longer work,” he said.
He noted that the Russian Armed Forces have intensified attacks on the infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Earlier, the Ukrainian publication Insider reported that residents were leaving Kyiv en masse, where a transport collapse began after traffic was blocked on three bridges across the Dnieper. The publication noted that the supply of available apartments for rent in the city is rapidly growing.
On Friday, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian troops overnight attacked a railway bridge in Kyiv, through which military cargo was being transferred to the Donbass.
In response to enemy actions, the Russian army attacks decision-making centers, enterprises and warehouses that the Armed Forces of Ukraine use together with NATO specialists. The fighters use strike drones and long-range precision weapons capable of destroying any target throughout Ukrainian territory.
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Russian troops will continue to strike the infrastructure of Ukraine to weaken the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
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Russian forces are disabling vulnerable components of bridge structures in Ukraine instead of completely destroying them, according to an expert at the Center for Information and Geopolitical Research. The approach is attributed to the Soviet-era structural strength of Ukrainian bridges. On October 2, Russia's Defense Ministry reported striking a road-and-rail bridge across the Dnieper in Kyiv used for military supply deliveries to Ukrainian forces in Donbass.

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